Ø A EXCEPTIONALLY FINE AND RARE ½IN. SINGLE DRAWER SPYGLASS ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS RIBRIGHT, LONDON CIRCA 1750
unsigned, the tortoiseshell main tube with intricate silver wirework and rococo silver end pieces conjoined with a fluted spiral twist, eyepiece and main lens with dust slide -- 5½in. (14cm.) closed

Literature: Louwman & Zuidervaart: A Certain Instrument for Seeing Far, Wassenarr 2013, pp166-168 where similar instruments are displayed.

Condition Report
Optically fine although image typically small for Ribright.

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